Keyser Söze exploits background graphics

The bulletin board graphics that drive the plot twist in “The Usual Suspect“

Spinning a tall tale with film graphics

In the classic 1995 neo-noir crime thriller "The Usual Suspects," directed by Bryan Singer, arch-villain Keyser Soze pretends to be Verbal Kint. Everything he says is a fabrication, strung from the details on a police office bulletin board. These graphics allow him to construct a narrative about the crime that misl…